Spring vegetation phenology is a robust predictor of breeding date across broad landscapes: A multi-site approach using the Corsican blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)

Oecologia

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 885-892

  Bourgault, Patrice ^a   Thomas, Don ^c   Perret, Philippe ^b   Blondel, Jacques ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Blue tit; Environmental cues; Temperature; Timing of breeding; Vegetation phenology

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BREEDING SEASON; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; HABITAT TYPE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LAYING DATE; PASSERINE; PHENOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SYNCHRONY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ADAPTATION; ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FLOWER; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SONGBIRD; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TREE; VEGETABLE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FLOWERS; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OVUM; PASSERIFORMES; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TREES; VEGETABLES;

CORSE; FRANCE;

AVES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77949776092     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1545-0     Document Type: Article

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